Pat Toomey has won re-election to the U.S. Senate, beating Democrat Katie McGinty in a down-to-the-wire Pennsylvania race that allows Republicans to maintain Senate control.

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The first-term Toomey had been one of the most vulnerable Republican senators running for re-election after compiling one of Congress’ most conservative voting records.

He succeeded in winning Democratic-leaning Pennsylvania in a race that, at more than $160 million, was the U.S. Senate’s most expensive ever. The 54-year-old Toomey leaned heavily on his willingness to buck the Republican Party, including on the hot-button issue of gun control and distancing himself from Trump.

He also repeatedly attacked McGinty as untrustworthy and a close ally of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

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McGINTY.
>> AND ACTION NEWS REPORTER
BEAU BERMAN IS WITH THE McGINTY
CAMPAIGN.
>> GOOD MORNING, WE WERE HERE
EARLIER THIS MORNING ABOUT 1:15
A.M.
WHENEVER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OFFICIALLY CALLED THIS ELECTION
IN FAVOR.
PAT TOOMEY.
IT LOOKED BAD FOR TOOMEY EARLY
ON, IN THE 8:00, 9:00, 10:00
HOUR AND HE WAS DOWN TO HIS
OPPONENT KATY McGINTY.
AS TIME WENT ON HIS NUMBERS
ROSE AND HE WITHIN BY THE
MARGIN.
PAT TOOMEY, SOME OF HIS
SUPPORTERS SAY HE'S A DOWN
RIGHT GOOD GUY.
WE'RE IN TOOMEY COUNTRY HERE,
IN ALLENTOWN AND VOTED CLOSE TO
HIS HOUSE.
HE'S SOMEONE WHO HAS ALWAYS
BEEN VERY MUCH FOR LOWERING
TAXES AND A FISCAL HAWK, HE'S
KNOWNS AS BEING AND HE SAID
LAST NIGHT AFTER HE WISHED
KATIE McGINTY WELL.
HE PLANS TO ADHERE TO HIS STIKT
POLICIES.
>> THE FACT IS GETTING IN THE
POLITICAL ARENA AS A CANDIDATE
IS A TOUGH THING TO DO.
IT'S TOUGH FOR THE CANDIDATE
AND EVEN HARDER ON THE FAMILY.
I WANT TO THANK KATIE McGINTY
FOR HER PUBLIC SERVICE A
CERTAINLY WISH HER WELL IN THE
FUTURE.
>> IT'S A BIG WIN, AND WE'RE
THRILLED BY THIS AND STAYS IN
OFFICE.
AND EVERYONE SAYS HE WAS
BOLSTERED BY THE BIG TURNOUT IN
PENNSYLVANIA FOR DONALD TRUMP
IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE,
SMASHED RECORDS FOR CAMPAIGN